Growing Pains
Small Gods Brewing (BC) in Sidney, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.18
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Built on Field 5 Farms' Peninsula-grown malt and Myrtle Meadows hops from Pemberton, this beer connects Island to Mainland. Classic West Coast character meets modern techniques with balanced pine, citrus, and biscuity notes—a testament to BC's maturing craft agriculture.
Small Gods and The Courtney Room share a passion for coastal ingredients. Their bar program balances tradition with boundary-pushing local foraging—mirroring our brewing approach. Together, we celebrate the Pacific Northwest's natural bounty.
Small Gods and The Courtney Room share a passion for coastal ingredients. Their bar program balances tradition with boundary-pushing local foraging—mirroring our brewing approach. Together, we celebrate the Pacific Northwest's natural bounty.
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5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
On tap at The Magnet. Pours hazy pale gold with a white head. Stale pine and pale malts on the nose. Flavour has dry old pine, some citrus peels, dry finish. Tastes a bit stale.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Magnet
on 05 Sep 2025
at 09:51
5.3
mcberko (47456) reviewed Growing Pains from Small Gods Brewing (BC) 6 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
On tap at Barley Merchant, pours a hazy pale golden with a small white head. Aroma has a rather muddled earthy hop character, maybe a touch of pine and citrus, and bready malt. Flavour has a rather tired hop expression—sweaty, earthy—and a dry bready malt base. Not too pleasant a hop expression. The balance and structure are fine but the hops aren’t.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Barley Merchant
on 15 Aug 2025
at 06:18